ETV Bharat / sitara
'నల్లమల అడవుల్లో యురేనియం తవ్వకాలు ఆపండి'
టాలీవుడ్ దర్శకుడు శేఖర్ కమ్ముల పర్యావరణాన్ని రక్షించండంటూ ట్వీట్ చేశారు. నల్లమల అడవుల్లో చేపట్టబోతున్న యురేనియం తవ్వకాలకు వ్యతిరేకంగా గళం విప్పారు.
శేఖర్ కమ్ముల
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Published : Aug 27, 2019, 5:10 PM IST
| Updated : Sep 28, 2019, 11:46 AM IST
కుటుంబ కథా చిత్రాలతో తనకంటూ గుర్తింపు తెచ్చుకున్న దర్శకుడు శేఖర్ కమ్ముల. తాజాగా "పర్యావరణానికి నష్టం జరుగుతుంది.. కాపాడండి" అంటూ ట్విట్టర్ వేదికగా ఆవేదన వ్యక్తం చేశారీ డైరెక్టర్. యురేనియం నిల్వల కోసం నల్లమల అడవుల్లో తవ్వకాలు జరుగుతున్నాయని.. వీటిని ఆపాలని ట్విటర్లో గళమెత్తారు.
పర్యావరణాన్ని కాపాడమంటూ శేఖర్ కమ్ముల చేసిన ట్వీట్ "నల్లమల అటవీ ప్రాంతంలో యురేనియం తవ్వకాలు చేపట్టబోతున్నారు. వీటి వల్ల పర్యావరణానికి తీవ్ర నష్టం. చెంచులు, ఇతర అటవీ వాసులు నివసిస్తున్న ప్రాంతం, అంతరించిపోతున్న పులులు నివసించే ప్రాంతం అయిన నల్లమల సమూలంగా నాశనం అవుతుంది. కృష్ణా నది, దాని ఉపనదులు కలుషితం అవుతాయి." -శేఖర్ కమ్ముల, దర్శకుడు
"ఇప్పటికే చాలా మంది కేన్సర్ బారిన పడ్డారు. యురేనియం తవ్వకాల వల్ల కేన్సర్ రోగుల సంఖ్య మరింత పెరుగుతుంది. యురేనియం కోసం పర్యావరణాన్ని నాశనం చేసుకోకూడదు. వెంటనే ప్రభుత్వం స్పందించి చెంచులను, ఇతర ఆదివాసులను, పర్యావరణాన్ని.. మెుత్తంగా నల్లమల అడవుల్ని కాపాడాలి." -శేఖర్ కమ్ముల, దర్శకుడు
ప్రస్తుతం నాగచైతన్య, సాయిపల్లవి హీరోహీరోయిన్లుగా ఓ సినిమాను తెరకెక్కిస్తున్నాడు శేఖర్ కమ్ముల. త్వరలోనే ఈ చిత్రం పట్టాలెక్కనుంది.
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కుటుంబ కథా చిత్రాలతో తనకంటూ గుర్తింపు తెచ్చుకున్న దర్శకుడు శేఖర్ కమ్ముల. తాజాగా "పర్యావరణానికి నష్టం జరుగుతుంది.. కాపాడండి" అంటూ ట్విట్టర్ వేదికగా ఆవేదన వ్యక్తం చేశారీ డైరెక్టర్. యురేనియం నిల్వల కోసం నల్లమల అడవుల్లో తవ్వకాలు జరుగుతున్నాయని.. వీటిని ఆపాలని ట్విటర్లో గళమెత్తారు.
పర్యావరణాన్ని కాపాడమంటూ శేఖర్ కమ్ముల చేసిన ట్వీట్ "నల్లమల అటవీ ప్రాంతంలో యురేనియం తవ్వకాలు చేపట్టబోతున్నారు. వీటి వల్ల పర్యావరణానికి తీవ్ర నష్టం. చెంచులు, ఇతర అటవీ వాసులు నివసిస్తున్న ప్రాంతం, అంతరించిపోతున్న పులులు నివసించే ప్రాంతం అయిన నల్లమల సమూలంగా నాశనం అవుతుంది. కృష్ణా నది, దాని ఉపనదులు కలుషితం అవుతాయి." -శేఖర్ కమ్ముల, దర్శకుడు
"ఇప్పటికే చాలా మంది కేన్సర్ బారిన పడ్డారు. యురేనియం తవ్వకాల వల్ల కేన్సర్ రోగుల సంఖ్య మరింత పెరుగుతుంది. యురేనియం కోసం పర్యావరణాన్ని నాశనం చేసుకోకూడదు. వెంటనే ప్రభుత్వం స్పందించి చెంచులను, ఇతర ఆదివాసులను, పర్యావరణాన్ని.. మెుత్తంగా నల్లమల అడవుల్ని కాపాడాలి." -శేఖర్ కమ్ముల, దర్శకుడు
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT THE GREENWOOD COMMONWEALTH
SHOTLIST:
++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE - STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC DISCUSSIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE++
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Greenwood, Mississippi – 10 June 2019
1. Joshua Love leaving house
2. Wide of store in the town of Greenwood
3. Close of barred window
4. Close of sign reading (English): "Welcome to the historic downtown Greenwood Mississippi. Est. 1844"
5. Wide of sign reading (English) "Welcome to Greenwood. Established in 1884" and American flags
6. Close Joshua's feet walking through neighbourhood
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Joshua Love, clergy abuse survivor:
"I can't accomplish nothing here. It's like every time I come here I'm sitting on a rock instead of up enjoying life."
8. Pan showing bell at St. Francis Church and school
9. Wide of St Francis Church seen through fence
10. Close of statue
11. Close of stained glass window
12. Close of bell
13. Close of stained glass window
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
14. SOUNDBITE (English) La Jarvis Love, clergy abuse survivor:
"What could we do? You know, we don't have access to lawyers or things of that nature, so you know, in a sense you feel like you gotta take what you can."
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Location – Date Unknown
15. STILL of a photo of Paul West
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
16. SOUNDBITE (English) La Jarvis Love, clergy abuse survivor:
"They probably feel like we ain't never had that type of money before. Just being real, you know? They knew it, they probably knew it. They knew we was poor."
17. STILL of La Jarvis Love inside home
18. STILL of La Jarvis looking up during interview
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Greenwood, Mississippi – 10 June 2019
19. Close of old photo of La Jarvis
20. STILL of Joshua holding grade school picture
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Greenwood, Mississippi – 8 June 2019
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Joshua Love, clergy abuse survivor:
"He gave me the option to whup me or to, you know, play with my penis."
22. STILL of Joshua at home
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Greenwood, Mississippi – 10 June 2019
23. Wide St. Francis School
24. Mid of church
25. Close of statue
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
26. SOUNDBITE (English) La Jarvis Love, clergy abuse survivor:
"Well he abused me. He molested me. He touched me, you know he groped me. These are things that he did."
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Appleton, Wisconsin – 1 July 2019
27. Appleton road sign
28. Wide of street in Appleton
29. Close of t-shirt
30. Wide of hotel with sign reading (English) "Fox River House. Appleton's oldest saloon. Est. 1870
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
31. SOUNDBITE (English) La Jarvis Love, clergy abuse survivor:
"Brother Paul came in the room with me and Brother Paul performed oral sex on me in his parents' house."
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Appleton, Wisconsin – 1 July 2019
32. Wide of Paul West's home
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33. STILL of photo of Paul West
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Appleton, Wisconsin – 1 July 2019
34. UPSOUND (English) Mike Rezendes, Associated Press correspondent:
"Hi, are you Paul West?"
West: "Yes"
35. Close of plants in front of house
36. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Rezendes, Associated Press correspondent:
"We're wondering if we can talk to you about some things that happened down at St. Francis in Greenwood, Mississippi."
West: "I don't know what you're talking about."
Rezendes: "You don't know what I'm talking about? Didn't you work there for a while?"
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 2 July 2019
37. Various of Franciscan Friars sign
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
38. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Rezendes, Associated Press correspondent the phone with Father James Gannon, Franciscan Friars Provincial Minister:
Rezendes: "The settlement did not seem especially generous."
Gannon: "No, it is not. I would agree with you 100 percent."
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
39. STILL of La Jarvis crying during interview
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
40. UPSOUND (English) Father James Gannon, Franciscan Friars Provincial Minister:
"No amount of money would ever settle anything. I do believe that something happened to these three boys, when they were boys. I didn't doubt it."
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 2 July 2019
41. Various of exterior of Milwaukee courthouse
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Senatobia, Mississippi – 9 June 2019
42. SOUNDBITE (English) Joshua Love, clergy abuse survivor:
"Sometimes when I'm sitting there in the church, I cannot sit there a whole hour. You know I had to go outside and get some air because them brothers touched me in the church."
43. Various of La Jarvis working out
STORYLINE:
A famed Catholic religious order settled sex abuse cases in recent months by secretly paying two black Mississippi men 15,000 US dollars each and requiring them to keep silent about their claims, the Associated Press has found.
The cash payments are far less than what other Catholic sex abuse survivors have typically received since the abuse scandal emerged in 2002.
An official with the Franciscan Friars order denies the two men's race or poverty had anything to do with the size of the settlements.
In one case, Reverent James G. Gannon, leader of a group of Wisconsin-based Franciscan Friars, settled an abuse claim made by La Jarvis Love against another friar for 15,000 US dollars, during a meeting at an IHOP restaurant where Gannon met with La Jarvis, his wife and their three small children.
La Jarvis considered his mounting bills, his young family and, with his wife's consent, signed the agreement, dating it January 11, 2019.
"What could we do? You know, we don't have access to lawyers and things of that nature, so in a sense you feel like you have to take what you can." La Jarvis Love said.
At the time, La Jarvis didn't understand that the agreement he signed is unusual in several respects.
It includes a confidentiality requirement, even though American Catholic leaders have barred the use of non-disclosure agreements in sex abuse settlements.
La Jarvis's cousin, Joshua K. Love, also settled his abuse claim for 15,000 US dollars - something he now regrets.
Across the United States, settlements have ranged far higher.
In 2006, the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, which includes Greenwood, settled lawsuits involving 19 victims, 17 of whom were white, for 5,000,000 US dollars, with an average payment of more than 250,000 US dollars per victim.
More recent settlements have ranged even higher, including an average payment of nearly 500,000 US dollars each for abuse survivors in the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese.
Joshua Love and La Jarvis Love and a third alleged victim, Joshua's brother Raphael Love, say they were repeatedly abused by Brother Paul West during the 1990s, when they were elementary school students at St. Francis of Assisi School, in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Joshua Love said on some occasions West asked him whether he preferred to be beaten or molested.
"He gave me the option to whup me or play with my penis," he said.
"He abused me. He molested me. He touched me. He groped me. These are things that he did, " La Jarvis Love said.
During interviews with the AP, Gannon said he believes that Joshua, La Jarvis and Raphael Love were abused and he acknowledged that the settlements were less than generous.
"No amount of money would ever settle anything. I do believe that something happened to these three boys, when they were boys. I didn't doubt it," he said.
Asked if the Loves' race or poverty had anything to do with the size of the settlements they were offered, Gannon said: "Absolutely not."
West, now 59, declined to answer questions when confronted by the AP at his home in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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